What useless things have you gotten rid of under the hood?

[Denny]

What useless things have you gotten rid of under the hood?

I want to get rid of stuff that just takes room for nothing..

EX: ABS system, etc....

[jlevie]

Power steering pump, horns, charcoal cannister, all the AC parts and aux fan, fan & shroud (replaced with an SPAL), all of the sound deadening stuff, and various plastic pieces. The ABS system is well worth keeping. It is actually pretty good and can save your butt in a panic stop or in the wet.

[nando]

clutch fan, stock coil, cap/rotor, a/c, windshield washers

my ABS actually saved my ass yesterday.. a light turned yellow so I stopped. it was pretty wet and the traction on the left and right sides of the car was not even (one side was asphalt, the other side tar). the car pitched left about 15 degrees, then ABS came on and straigthened me out.

I probably could have just blew the light but part of me just wanted to see how well I could stop in the wet. No amount of threshold braking would help in that situation, since you can't change how the left and right sides of the car brake manually.

there wasn't anything for me to hit (middle of nowhere) so I probably would have just spun, but I really didn't want to find out. :)

[Farbin Kaiber]

engine. Really.

[SA E30]

Washer bottle, Air con, ABS, Power Steering, Fuse Box, brake booster... Pretty much only useful thing in the engine bay is the engine.

P.S. Fuses located inside cabin now.

[Aptyp]

windshield washer is all I've taken out for good.

[ZM Blue Devil]

Put in m42 radiator to get rid of overflow tank.

[Denny]

Put in m42 radiator to get rid of overflow tank.

Thats awesome...is it a direct replacement or do you have to do modifications?

[ZM Blue Devil]

^minor mods.

[Denny]

Washer bottle, Air con, ABS, Power Steering, Fuse Box, brake booster... Pretty much only useful thing in the engine bay is the engine.

P.S. Fuses located inside cabin now.

I guess I will keep the ABS as everybody seems to say.

How much work was involved in relocating the fuse box? It does take a lot of room.

One thing I wanted to know....my 1987 325IS has the battery in the engine bay...(I heard only the tourings had them in the engine bay)

[Denny]

^minor mods.

Did you use the stock cooling system hoses?

[Farbin Kaiber]

There are some oddball cars with the battery in the front.

[Denny]

how about converting the big ass Radiator fan to a slim electric one?

[HarryPotter]

There are some oddball cars with the battery in the front.

Pretty sure all cabbies have them up front. Along with some across the pond 318's.

[dashboardmonkey]

throttle body heater